SOLUTION: A conical water tank has a base with a diameter of 6 ft and is 10 ft tall. How many gallons of water will the tank hold? Round your solution to the nearest hundredth. (1 cubic foot
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Question 193982: A conical water tank has a base with a diameter of 6 ft and is 10 ft tall. How many gallons of water will the tank hold? Round your solution to the nearest hundredth. (1 cubic foot holds about 7.480519 gallons)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume of a cone is one-third of the product of the area of the base and the height, so:
Plug in your values for the radius of the base (remember, one-half of the diameter) and the height, then do the arithmetic. Multiply the result by the number of gallons per cubic foot. Remember to round off appropriately.
John
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